Rope-reel.



PATENTED 001 .22. 1907.

M. FISHER.

ROBE REEL. APPLICATION FILED APR. 22, 1901.

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ISAAC M. FISHER, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

ROPE-REEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Get. 22, 1907.

Application filed April 22 1907- fierial No 369.711.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC M. FISHER, a citizen ofthe United States of America, and a resident of the city of Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rope-Reels, of which the following is a speci lication.

My invention relates to improvement in reels, and has special reference to a device of this class which is especially adapted for coiling rope. 1

The objects attained by this invention and readily understood from the following specification and accompanying drawing, is the production of a simple and inexpensive expansible and collapsible rope reel, embodying essential features of adaptablity, utility and general el'liciency, which insure a more perfectly formed coil and facilitates the adjustment of the reel and the removal and placement of coils of rope.

The above mentioned, and other desirable objects are attained by the constructions, combinations and arrangement of parts as disclosed on the drawing, set forth in thisspecification and pointed out in the appended claims.

With reference to the drawing filed herewith, and bearing like reference characters for corresponding parts throughout, Figure 1, is a vertical longitudinal section of the improved reel, and shows by bold lines the positions of the parts when the reel is expanded and by broken lines the positions of the parts when the reel is collapsed, and Fig. 2 is a fragmentary end elevation of the reel when expanded.

My invention is directed to facilitate the ceiling of wire rope in the retailing of same, it being adapted to rewind sections of rope of the desired length as required from coils or spools containing a comparatively large amount of rope.

The reel is supported by a shalt 3 which is conveniently rotatably mounted in suitable opposite bearings arranged on a stand as 5.. One end portion of the shalt projects from the stand, and between said bearings a pulley G or the like is secured to the shalt to which power-is applied in any convenient manner to operate the shaft as desired to rotate the reel.

Mounted on the projected end portion of shaft 3 are opposite hubs 7 and 7 of identical construction, each of which is formed with pivot-lugs 8 arranged on the periphery in pairs at eqnidistantly spaced points. These hubs are slidably fitted on the shaft so that they can be moved or adjusted longitudinally thereof to collapse and expand the reel, and they are conveniently secured in adjusted positions by means of set-screws 9 seated in said hubs and bearing upon feathers 10, which are engaged with the hubs and slide therewith in asuitable featherway formed in said shaft and thereby serve to prevent the hubs from rotating on the shaft.

Reference numeral 11 indicates radially-disposed arms, each of which comprises a pair of crossed members 12 connected at the crossing by a suitable pivot as 13 and engaged at the inner ends with pivots 1.4 seated in the lugs S of the hubs. These arms are adapted to support the rope, in coiling or uncoiling the same, be tween the other portions of the crossed members, and it will be evident that to collapse the reel when expanded the hubs are moved from each other, an d to expand the reel the hubs are moved toward each other. Furthermore it will be understood that either one or both of the hubs desired can be adjusted to collapse or expand the reel. I

The members 12 of each arm conveniently consist of flat metal bars, and t1: 0 other portions ncof are snitably formc d to provide op pcsito corrcspomling recesses, as 14, in 1.. c opposing side edges, which are adapted to afford a comparative]y broad space for the rope adjacent tl; e point of crossing of said members when the reel is expand ed. The said outer portions being each formed with a base part 16 and an outer part 17 disposed substantially at right angles to each other to provide said space, the said base part being arranged obliquely to the longitudinal center of the stem or inner portion of the member 12 and having its outer side edge disposed at a suitable angle to said center to lie substantially parallel with the axis of shaft 3, when the reel is expanded, while the said outer part acts as a guard to prevent the rope from shifting laterally in one direction from the reel. These outer or guard parts 17 are adapted furthermore to contact with the hubs directly underlying the same when the reel is collapsed, see broken lines in Fig. l, the said parts being of suitable length to contact ad'acent their outer ends with the lu s 8 of said hubs when the stems or inner portions of the members 12 are substantially parallel with the axis of the reel, and when said members are brought to this position an outer portions thereof, owing to their angular form, he mainly within the sweep of the outer side edges of the stem portions. Thus it will be observed, wlicn the rccl is collapsed, that the stem portions of the arms lie in a position to support a coil of rope clear of the outer portions, and the said latter portions,

resting against the hubs serve to hold the stem portions from being swung inwardly out of parallelism with the axis of the reel by weight of the coil, and furthermore obviate the necessity of fastening the hub or hubs to the shaftaftcr adjustment to collapse the reel.

By providing recesses as 14- in the outer portions of the arms comparatively broad rectangular spaces are afforded which. permit the rope to be coiled in parallel layers embracing several convolntions ca ch, thereby forming a coil in which the convolutions are compactly arranged and not likely to separate when the coil is removed from the reel. Furthermore by forming these outer portions of angularly disposed parts they fit between the hubs when the reel is collapsed and lie clear of the coil, while the outer parts by striking upon said hubs serve to hold the stem portions of the arms in parallelism with the axis of the reel so as to support the coil for more ready removal and also adapt the reel when Collapsed for use in unwinding coils of compara tively small diameter, which can be placed on the reel and supported by said stein portions.

In ordinary practice the outer hub 7 only is moved to adjust the reel, the other hub being left fast to the shalt, and when the reel is collapsed and it is desired to (-oil a section oi rope this outer hub is moved inwardly relatively to the other hub until the base parts lo oi the outer portions of the arms are substantially parallel with the axis of tire reel, when the hub is secured to the shalt by tightening the set screw 9. One end 01' the rope section is then made last to one of the arms 1]. in any suit-able manner and power is applied to pulley (3 in any convenient manner to rotate the reel, as by means oi a belt leading [ruin a suitable motor (not iwn). Alter the rope has been coiled by rotating the reel the set-screw in said outer hub is loosened, and the weight of the rope will then cause said hub to move outwardly relatively to the opposite hub and collapse the reel, when the stem portions ol the arms will lie substantially parallel with the axis of the reel and support the coil i'or ready removal over the outer end of the shaft.

This reel is simple and inexpensive of construction, capable oi quick adjustment and embraces but few parts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States of America, is:

1, A rope reel comprising opposite hubs, means for supporting said hubs for rotation, one of said hubs being adjustable to and from the other, means to secure said adjustable hub in adjusted positions, and radially disposed arms comprising pivotally connected crossed members pivotally engaged adjacent their inner ends with said hubs and formed with angular outer portions oppositely disposed and adapted to contact adjacent their outer ends with said hubs when said adjustable hub stands adjusted outwardly relatively to the other hub.

2. A rope reel comprisingopposite hubs, means for supporting said hubs for rotation, one of said hubs being adjustable to and from the other, means to secure said adjustable hub in adjusted positions, and radially disposed 2 arms comprising pivotally connected crossed members pivorally Qilg'tigttl adjacent their inner ends with said hubs and termed with angular outer portions oppositely disposed, said portions fitting; between said hubs mainly within the line of sweep of the outer edges of the inner portions of i said members when said inner portions lie substantially parallel with the axis ol said hubs.

Signed at Seattle, Washington this 13th day of April 1907.

\ ISAAC M. FISHER. Witnesses S'rnruiiN A. Bnoons, Anni'ra Aunts. 

